Ice-creeeper.



JOHN A. E. ANDERSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ICE-CREEPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented April 28, 1908.

Application filed. May 2, 1907. Y 'Serial No. 371,403.'

, clear, and exact description of the invention,

which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form part of this speciication. i

My invention relates to improvements in ice-creepers.

The object of my present invention is to provide an improved ice-Creeperor antislip- 'ping device of simple and economical construction, inwhich the usual spur plates, holding cli s clamping jaws, sliding bars,levers or so e engaging hooks are eliminated, and which is so arrangedthat it can readily and conveniently be placed in position ordetachedtherefrom without the necessity of adjusting any movable parts, and isheld in position by its frictional engagement with the shoe. l y

My invention is formed of the coperative combination of a single pieceof wire so bent as to form a shoe engaging portion, and a pair ofterminal pendent spurs which loosely bear against the bottom of the heelin use, and a flexible retaining member mounted on the said shoeengaging portion, and adapted for a frictional engagement with the shoe.

The novel features of my present invention reside in the form andarrangement of the creeper body and its cooperative relation with thesurmounted flexible retaining member.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts throughout the severalviews in which Figure 1 is a side view of .my invention in position upona shoe showing the relative arrangement of the operative parts in use.Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of Fig. 1 showing the arrangement of the holdingspurs upon the lower face of the shoe-heel. Fig. 3 is a perspectivedetail view of my invention showing the manner of securing the flexibleretaining member in position on the Wire body. Fig. 4 is also a detailof the same showing a view of its inner face The body of my invention isformed of a single piece of strong spring Wire which is so bent as toform a curved and approximately angular portion 2 is arranged at theforward semicircular portion 1 substantially midway ,of its ends, andadjacent right-angular downf wardly bent portions 2, adapted to engagethe sides of the shoe in front of the heel. The opposite ends of thiswire body -are of identical construction and are bent rst inwardly atsubstantially a right angle tothe respective portions 2, as shown at 3,and then downwardly into right angular relation to the respectiveportions 2, as shown at 4, after which the free ends of the wire-bodyare bent inwardly or rearwardly to a plane in substantially parallelrelation with the semi-circular portion 1, as shown at 5, and are thenprovided with the terminal prongs or spurs 6.

On the semi-circular portion 1 of the spring-Wire body is mountedtheflexible retainer 7, referably made of suitable leather, and 1n the formof a band. This retaining band 7 is provided with a pair of lateralopenings at or near its ends and also approximately midway of its endsthrough which the wire body is passed as shown, and by means of whichthe retainer vis secured in position. This band is preferably of asuitable length to have the right-angular bends 8 between the portion 1and the respective portions 2 arranged between the openings of therespective pairs of openings at the ends of the retainer, as shown inFigs. 3 and 4, whereby displacement or derangement thereof in use isimpossible.

When my invention is placed in position the portion 1 and the surmountedretainer will snugly fit the rear portion of the shoe at or near theupper part of the counter 9, as shown in Fig. 1, and the pendentrightpart of the counter, whereby the portions 3 will rest against theface of the instep sole, and the portions 5 will rest firmly against thelower face of the heel 10, as the vertical portions 4 have a lengthequal to the height of the heel 10.

It is obvious that my invention thus described can readily be placed inposition by slipping it over the counter of the shoe from the rear, andcan as readily be detached by ushing the device downward and forward.

t is also obvious that when in position my invention is securely heldagainst displacement downwardly and rearwardly by means of thefrictional contact of the retainer 7 and the arrangement of the verticalportions 4 in frontofgthe heel lOrespectively, while upward displacementis prevented by the engagement of the horizontal portions 5 with thelower face of the heel l0. I

The prongs or spurs 6 are made suitably sharp to holdingly engage theicy surface by l'lattening the free ends of the wire body as shown.

The retainer 7 can, of course7 be made of any color and of any size toi'it ladies, mens or childrens shoes.

Having,` thus described my invention andl downward into a substantiallyright angular relation therewith, then bent inwardly to embrace the shoein front of the heel, then bent downwardly and then rearwardly to formunconnected tread portions which are provided with right angularterminal prongs, in combination with a `flexible retainer mounted uponthe said horizontal loop.

Signed by me at the city ol Chicago7 county of Cook, in the State ofIllinois, this 29th day of April, A. l). 1907.

JOHN A.. E. liNDlChSON.

lVitnesses MANOR BACON, A. P. Donsmi.

